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See The Statistical Yearbook of Ministry of Education. Available online from http://toiler.uiv.cz/rocenka/rocenka.asp See Thematic report on education of Romani students, 2015. Available online from

http://www.csicr.cz/cz/Dokumenty/Tematicke-zpravy/Vzdelavani-zaku-dle-RVP-ZV-LMP-a-pece-poskytovana 3 According to the last comprehensive study regarding people with disabilities in the Czech Republic, "Disabled Persons

Survey of 2007" by the Czech Statistical Office, around one third of men and two fifths of women with disabilities in the Czech Republic only achieved primary education. 4 See OHCHR Thematic Study on the Work and Employment of Persons with Disabilities, A/HRC/22/25. For more on discrimination of women on labour market see OECD and EU documents; for example Closing the

Gender Gap: Act Now, OECD publication, December 2012. Available online http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/pdf/themes/31_labour_market_participation_of_women.pdf

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The Czech Republic was recommended to adopt measures to respect women´s rights during childbirth, namely: 1) adoption of law on patients´ rights, 2) adoption of a protocol of normal birth care ensuring respect for women´s rights and avoiding unnecessary medical interventions, 3) ensuring free and informed consent with all interventions on women during childbirth, 4) providing mandatory training for health professionals, 5) awareness raising for patients´ rights, 6) taking steps to make midwife-assisted childbirth outside hospitals an option for women.

See WHO: “Practices which are Clearly Harmful or Ineffective and Should be Eliminated”, page 23. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1996/WHO_FRH_MSM_96.24.pdf?ua=

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8 See judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in case Dubská and Krejzová v. the Czech Republic

9 On the contrary, WHO and FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) recommend home birth assisted

by midwifes as a safe option for low risk women. 10

In one case a family who failed to submit a report from a midwife because of fear of her persecution, but submitted all other documents did not receive a birth certificate even after a year and a half.

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